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U.S. officials have approved plans that will restore the Salton Sea. The plan, approved Friday by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, makes it possible for local officials to proceed with a conservation plan that includes management of wildlife and some recreational use at two refuges, according to a report …

U.S. retail sales were up again last week. Year-over-year sales rose 4.1 percent for the week that ended Saturday, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index, which was released Tuesday. Sales were essentially unchanged – up 0.1 percent – compared with …

Pending home sales in California dropped in August, the fifth consecutive month that the market indicator declined. The state’s Pending Homes Sales Index dropped 4.5 percent, from 104.5 in July to 99.8 last month based on signed contracts, according to a report released Tuesday by the California Association of Realtors. …

I had the opportunity to interview California Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari again last week, and I sincerely believe that he is the right candidate to move California in the right direction. I encourage and challenge those of you who can do so, to donate to his campaign if you …

More water will be pumped into Lake Elsinore this year than in past years to make up for what has been lost during the drought. That move has led the agency that oversees the lake, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, to increase what it usually spends in one year …

A major U.S. homebuilder has purchased 35 single-family lots in Calimesa. D.R. Horton Inc. bought the parcels from Highpointe Communities, a land development company in Aliso Viejo, said Tom Doyle, principal with WD Land in Irvine. The transaction was completed in August and announced last week by WD Land, a …